Neuroscience Research Assistant
About The Position
The Research Assistant assists with all aspects of research including, but not limited to recruitment, consent process, registering participants, setting up experiments, collecting clinical and research data from patients and healthy participants, retrieving and organizing data from medical records, and performing basic to mid-level data analysis. Cook Children's Health Care System offers a unique approach to caring for children because we are one of the country's leading integrated pediatric health care delivery organizations. Patients benefit from the integrated system because it allows Cook Children's to use all of its resources to treat a patient and allows for easy communication between the various companies by physicians with a focus on caring for children and adolescents. Cook Children’s is an equal opportunity employer. As such, Cook Children’s offers equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status , genetic information, or any other protected class in accordance with applicable federal laws. These opportunities include terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including but not limited to hiring, job placement, training, compensation, discipline, advancement and termination.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in appropriate field (e.g., healthcare, social or health science, etc.) and 1-3 years of relevant experience.
- Computer proficiency in word processing and Excel
- Excellent writing and editing skills
- Strong organizational skills and be detail oriented
- Excellent interpersonal and oral, written, and electronic interpersonal communication skills
Nice To Haves
- A Master’s degree with relevant experience is preferred
- Experience with project management methodologies preferred
- Knowledge of research and medical terminology, grant writing and governmental rules and regulations preferred
- Knowledge and understanding of operational, logistical and administrative requirements of research studies preferred
Responsibilities
- Recruitment
- Consent process
- Registering participants
- Setting up experiments
- Collecting clinical and research data from patients and healthy participants
- Retrieving and organizing data from medical records
- Performing basic to mid-level data analysis
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
